Water Buffalo: The fins aren%92t used for propulsion, but for temperature regulation. The bulbs can be filled with air from a bladder next to the lungs in order to expand or compress the fins under water and take advantage of temperature variation in currents. They prefer the brackish water of estuaries and shorelines. This need to be named something more appropriate than %93Water Buffalo%94 some day... I have no idea where that came from.

A creature design I put together to help me plan a bigger picture of the spider in its web. The chandelier spider lures its prey in with light created by its phosphorescent saliva. The saliva hardens into little beads, which the spider attaches to itself with snarls of webbing.

Sure, thorny branches between his toes were uncomfortable. But he learned his lesson after the first time he ran afoul of an over-ripe berry. Lucky for him, he only had a foot to fall that time. He then decided that pricked feet are much better than a bruised tail. Watercolor pencil and markers.

I started this pencil drawing several years ago and finally felt like finishing it. Borders between plants and animals should be thinner. The pencil drawing for this is larger than my usual, about 18 by 20 inches. A detail can be seen here: http://www.mousehaunt.com/color/plantwolf.html

%93We were allowed into a Phoenix temple that happened to have a very large, very shiny stone. Just the kind of shiny that any Nezumi would treasure. The Unicorn told me that I should not and I believed her. Unicorns have a way of making their words become the truth. The Dragon told me I would not and I believed him. Dragons have a way of seeing into tomorrow. But when the Crane told me I could not, well it would not have been right to let him keep believing that falsehood.%94 My Ratling never gets the party into any trouble ^_^